Looks like they might add a tab for Reiter like they did for Wolf on STS-86's patch.

Ben

I think that space on the bottom side of the octagon is for him.

Ben

And with that, my anonymous source has informed me that Reiter is no longer a 100% sure-fly.

Apparently there is a monetary dispute doing on between NASA and Russia over who should pay for his flight.

Caldwell, who had previously been training with the STS-121 crew, may still have a chance of flying.

Perhaps this is why we haven't had an official announcement of anything yet, nor patches with the name on it.

michaelSN99

Yes that could be the reason and I am in doubts whether Reiter ever have been a 100% sure-to-fly desicion before but anyway,the patch seems to me also beside of this topic a little bit unfinished.

...maybe because of the three golden stripes lining to the star at the top, they could substitute the colour with the colour of nation flags if we would get a multinational crew... this would like more usual considering the patches in the recent past.